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republic capital: djibouti administrative divisions: 5 districts (cercles. singular - cercle); 'ali sabih. dikhil. djibouti. obock. tadjoura independence: 27 june 1977 (from france) national holiday: independence day. 27 june (1977) constitution: multiparty constitution approved by referendum 4 september 1992 legal system: based on french civil law system. traditional practices. and islamic law suffrage: 18 years of age; universal adult executive branch: chief of state: president ismail omar guelleh (since 8 may 1999) head of government: prime minister mohamed dileita dileita (since 4 march 2001) cabinet: council of ministers responsible to the president elections: president elected by popular vote for a six-year term; election last held 8 april 2005 (next to be held by april 2011); prime minister appointed by the president election results: ismail omar guelleh reelected president; percent of vote - ismail omar guelleh 100% legislative branch: unicameral chamber of deputies or chambre des deputes (65 seats; members elected by popular vote for five-year terms) elections: last held 10 january 2003 (next to be held january 2008) election results: percent of vote - rpp 62.2%. frud 36.9%; seats - rpp 65. frud 0; note - rpp (the ruling party) dominated the election judicial branch: supreme court or cour supreme political parties and leaders: democratic national party or pnd [aden robleh awaleh]; democratic renewal party or prd [abdillahi hamariteh]; djibouti development party or pdd [mohamed daoud chehem]; front pour la restauration de l'unite democratique or frud [ali mohamed daoud]; people's progress assembly or rpp (governing party) [ismail omar guelleh]; peoples social democratic party or ppsd [moumin bahdon farah]; republican alliance for democracy or ard [ahmed dini ahmed]; union for democracy and justice or udj [leader na] political pressure groups and leaders: union for presidential majority ump (coalition includes rpp. frud. ppsd and pnd); union for democratic changeover or uad (opposition coalition includes ard. mrdd. udj. and pdd) [ahmed dini ahmed] international organization participation: acct. acp. afdb. afesd. amf. au. comesa. fao. g-77. ibrd. icao. icct. icftu. icrm. ida. idb. ifad. ifc. ifrcs. igad. ilo. imf. imo. interpol. ioc. itu. las. nam. oic. opcw (signatory). un. unctad. unesco. unido. upu. wftu. who. wipo. wmo. wtoo. wto diplomatic representation in the us: chief of mission: ambassador roble olhaye chancery: suite 515. 1156 15th street nw. washington. dc 20005 telephone: [1] (202) 331-0270 fax: [1] (202) 331-0302 diplomatic representation from the us: chief of mission: ambassador marguerita ragsdale embassy: plateau du serpent. boulevard marechal joffre. djibouti mailing address: b. p. 185. djibouti telephone: [253] 35 39 95 fax: [253] 35 39 40 flag description: two equal horizontal bands of light blue (top) and light green with a white isosceles triangle based on the hoist side bearing a red five-pointed star in the center economy - overview: the economy is based on service activities connected with the country's strategic location and status as a free trade zone in northeast africa. two-thirds of the inhabitants live in the capital city. the remainder are mostly nomadic herders. scanty rainfall limits crop production to fruits and vegetables. and most food must be imported. djibouti provides services as both a transit port for the region and an international transshipment and refueling center. djibouti has few natural resources and little industry. the nation is. therefore. heavily dependent on foreign assistance to help support its balance of payments and to finance development projects. an unemployment rate of at least 50% continues to be a major problem. while inflation is not a concern. due to the fixed tie of the djiboutian franc to the us dollar. the artificially high value of the djiboutian franc adversely affects djibouti's balance of payments. per capita consumption dropped an estimated 35% over the last seven years because of recession. civil war. and a high population growth rate (including immigrants and refugees). faced with a multitude of economic difficulties. the government has fallen in arrears on long-term external debt and has been struggling to meet the stipulations of foreign aid donors. gdp (purchasing power parity): $619 million (2002 est.) gdp (official exchange rate): na gdp - real growth rate: 3.5% (2002 est.) gdp - per capita: purchasing power parity - $1.300 (2002 est.) gdp - composition by sector: agriculture: 3.5% industry: 15.8% services: 80.7% (2001 est.) labor force: 282.000 (2000) labor force - by occupation: na unemployment rate: 50% (2004 est.) population below poverty line: 50% (2001 est.) household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: na highest 10%: na inflation rate (consumer prices): 2% (2002 est.) budget: revenues: $135 million expenditures: $182 million. including capital expenditures of na (1999 est.) agriculture - products: fruits. vegetables; goats. sheep. camels. animal hides industries: construction. agricultural processing. salt industrial production growth rate: 3% (1996 est.) electricity - production: 240 million kwh (2003) electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001) electricity - consumption: 223.2 million kwh (2003) electricity - exports: 0 kwh (2003) electricity - imports: 0 kwh (2003) oil - production: 0 bbl/day (2003) oil - consumption: 12.000 bbl/day (2003 est.) oil - exports: na (2001) oil - imports: na (2001) exports: $250 million f.o.b. (2004 est.) exports - partners: somalia 63.8%. yemen 22.6%. ethiopia 5% (2004) imports: $987 million f.o.b. (2004 est.) imports - partners: saudi arabia 19.7%. india 12.4%. ethiopia 11.8%. china 8.1%. france 5.6%. us 4.8% (2004) debt - external: $366 million (2002 est.) economic aid - recipient: $36 million (2001) currency (code): djiboutian franc (djf) currency code: djf exchange rates: djiboutian francs per us dollar - na (2005). 177.72 (2004). 177.72 (2003). 177.72 (2002). 177.72 (2001) fiscal year: calendar year telephones - main lines in use: 9.500 (2003) telephones - mobile cellular: 23.000 (2003) telephone system: general assessment: telephone facilities in the city of djibouti are adequate as are the microwave radio relay connections to outlying areas of the country domestic: microwave radio relay network international: country code - 253; submarine cable to jiddah. suez. sicily. marseilles. colombo. and singapore; satellite earth stations - 1 intelsat (indian ocean) and 1 arabsat; medarabtel regional microwave radio relay telephone network radio broadcast stations: am 1. fm 2. shortwave 0 (2001) radios: 52.000 (1997) television broadcast stations: 1 (2002) televisions: 28.000 (1997) internet country code: .dj internet hosts: 702 (2004) internet service providers (isps): 1 (2000) internet users: 6.500 (2003) airports: 13 (2004 est.) airports - with paved runways: total: 3 over 3.047 m: 1 2.438 to 3.047 m: 1 1.524 to 2.437 m: 1 (2005 est.) airports - with unpaved runways: total: 10 1.524 to 2.437 m: 2 914 to 1.523 m: 5 under 914 m: 3 (2005 est.) railways: total: 100 km (djibouti segment of the addis ababa-djibouti railway) narrow gauge: 100 km 1.000-m gauge note: railway under joint control of djibouti and ethiopia (2004) roadways: total: 2.890 km paved: 364 km unpaved: 2.526 km (1999) merchant marine: total: 1 ships (1.000 grt or over) 1.369 grt/3.030 dwt by type: cargo 1 (2005) ports and terminals: djibouti military branches: djibouti national army (includes navy and air force) military service age and obligation: 18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2001) manpower available for military service: males age 18-49: 95.328 (2005 est.) manpower fit for military service: males age 18-49: 46.020 (2005 est.) military expenditures - dollar figure: $28.6 million (2004) military expenditures - percent of gdp: 4.4% (2004) disputes - international: djibouti maintains economic ties and border accords with "somaliland" leadership while maintaining some political ties to various factions in somalia; although most of the 26.000 somali refugees in djibouti who fled civil unrest in the early 1990s have returned. several thousand still await repatriation in unhcr camps refugees and internally displaced persons: refugees (country of origin): 25.474 (somalia) (2004)
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